Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Research : Special Topic Volume with Invited Peer Reviewed Papers Only /

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Imprint:Zurich : Trans Tech Publishers, ©2015.
Description:1 online resource (245 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Advanced Materials Research ; v. 1116
Advanced materials research ; v. 1116.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11247303
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Other authors / contributors:Al-Ahmed, Amir, editor.
Hossain, Mohammad Kamal, editor.
Afzaal, Mohammad, editor.
Bahaidarah, Haitham M., editor.
ISBN:9783038269700
3038269700
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:The renewable energy sector has been the focus of worldwide effort to find sustainable and environmental friendly technologies for continuously increasing energy demands at low costs. Contributors of this book have extensive experience at various facets of renewable energy including materials chemistry, polymer physics, device fabrication, and nanotechnology. The book has fourteen high quality articles covering general aspects of renewable energy, regional policies, thin film solar cells, solar thermal, hydrogen production, energy conversion and storage. This book is a result of collaborations.
Other form:Print version: Al-Ahmed, Amir. Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Research : Special Topic Volume with Invited Peer Reviewed Papers Only. Zurich : Trans Tech Publishers, ©2015 9783038355007
Table of Contents:
  • Production of Utilizable Energy from Renewable Resources: Mechanism, Machinery and Effect on Environment
  • Renewable Energy for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nanocrystalline Materials for Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices
  • Thin Film Solar Cell: Characteristics and Characterizations
  • Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon-Based Thin Film Solar Cell: Optical, Electrical and Structural Properties
  • A Short Review of Parabolic Trough Technology and the Case of Saudi Arabia
  • Water Desalination Using Solar Energy
  • Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycles Driven by Solar Thermal Power Tower System
  • Photocatalytic H2 Production Using Semiconductor Nanomaterials via Water Splitting - An Overview
  • Hydrogen Storage by Physisorption: An Overview
  • Global Status on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technology
  • A Review of the Importance and Present Status of Micro-Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Use of Organic Polymers for Energy Storage in Electrochemical Capacitors
  • Electrode Modification for Better Kinetics in all Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (AVRFB): A Short Review